Rein-holder.



m. 628 501. Patented 1m 1|, I899.

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REIN HOLDER.

(Applicltion filed Dec. 6, 1897.)

(No Model.)

Whi 'E E UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH TRANTOM, OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. V

RElN- HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,501, dated July 11,1899.

Application filed December 6, 1897- Serial No. 660,898- (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH TRANTOM, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-HoldingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an apparatus or device forholding reinsand the wheels of road-vehicles.

The device for holding reins will be understood from the followingdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a front view of the rein-holder in use; Fig. 2, an end Viewthereof with the dashboard in section; Fig. 3, a rein-holder suited forholding other-shaped reins as well as fiat; Fig. 4, an end view thereof.

In all the cases I form the rein-holder in such a manner that the reinswill be pinched or gripped between a lever and a stationary abutment,the gripping action being by leverage automatically and proportionatelyin-' creased as the reins are pulled forward, while by manipulating thereins or the holder the former will be at once loosened.

In Figs. 1 and 2 my improved rein-holder comprises a lever A, hinged atB, and an abutment E. The opposite end of the lever is formed with atransverse arm O, and intermediate between the armO and the hinge B andby preference parallel thereto is the main body D, which grips the reinsin position against the stationary abutment E, which in this case is thedashboard of the vehicle or a plate thereon. Between the main body D andthe parts B and C are the hiatuses b and c, and as both the parts 0 andD project laterally in the same direction the entrances to thesehiatuses are on the same side of the lever, and thus enable the reins tobe inserted and slipped under the body D and through the hiatusesb and cfrom the one side. F is a short arm which by striking against thedashboard or plate E limits the movement of the lever A. The bodypiece Dis curved outward slightly at d to facilitate the reins being easilypassed between D and E.

Now it will be seen that if a pair of fiat leather reins G are laidtogether and passed laterally into position between the main bodypairing the efiiciency thereof.

D and the abutment E they will be held in position, and any tensionapplied in the direction of the arrow on the reins G will exert acorresponding pull on the arm 0 of the lever A, with the result that thereins are squeezed by the force of tension multiplied by the leverageemployed between the body-,

piece D and the abutment E,'thus firmly gripping and holding them.

The removal of the reins G can be instantaneously efiected by a lateralmovement toward d.

In Figs. 3 and at the lever is of the same class as in Figs. 1 and 2,the body-piece D being intermediate between the arm 0 and the hinge orpivot B. E is the stationary abut ment, which in this case is providedwith a movable face H, mounted on a more or less vertical pivot or hingesecured behind the It. is obvious that the details already given of myinvention may be modified without im- For example, I may prefer toattach a movable face to the body-piece D instead of to the abutment E,as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or I may use this device as an addition tothe gripping-surface of D in the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1and 2.

I declare that what I claim is 1. In a rein-holder, the combination witha stationary abutment, of a lever pivoted at one end thereto,an arm,overwhich the rein passes, extending laterally from said lever at itsopposite end and an intermediate laterally-extending arm or bodyportion, beneath which the rein passes and by which it is'clampedagainst said abutment, said laterally-extending arms being free at theirouter ends; whereby, unobstructed spaces for the admission of the reinsare left between them, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 10 two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH TRANTOM.

W'itnesses:

G. C. DYMOND, WV. H. BEEsToN.

